Nitric in Southern Oregon
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Is that your post? http://medford.craigslist.org/wan/2388863647.html
Might try calling Medford plating and asking if they know of a local source for nitric or who their chemical supplier is. They look like a small business so they shouldn't be a problem with just calling up and talking to someone. It might give you a local starting point.
Might try calling Medford plating and asking if they know of a local source for nitric or who their chemical supplier is. They look like a small business so they shouldn't be a problem with just calling up and talking to someone. It might give you a local starting point.
Palladium,
Thank you for the information. I will give them a try. I would like to avoid paying high shipping costs and fees.
Yes, that was my Craigslist ad. In the past I have done some good trading of prospecting equipment and other items, so I thought I would give it a try. I did get a contact for the supplier of a local mining shop....which is in Portland.
Thanks again!
Thank you for the information. I will give them a try. I would like to avoid paying high shipping costs and fees.
Yes, that was my Craigslist ad. In the past I have done some good trading of prospecting equipment and other items, so I thought I would give it a try. I did get a contact for the supplier of a local mining shop....which is in Portland.
Thanks again!
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I don't have a clue if what I was told is true or not, but dairy farms are reputed to use nitric acid for cleaning the milk handling equipment. It makes sense from the standpoint of stainless not reacting with nitric (nitric is packaged in stainless)----so it may prove to be valid. Might not hurt to inquire at such a place if you have one near.
Harold
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Harold_V said:
It's true, dairy farms use nitric (as well as hydrochloric and caustic soda) as cleaning agents. Used a lot for descaling and sterilizing milking equipment. However, they may not always have those chemicals by themselves - sometimes they are just part of the ingredients of the cleaning products that are sold to the farms.
Be cautious of what you ask for and by what name you call it. Even asking at your local hardware store for hydrochloric acid will get you raised eyebrows or “we do not have that”. Ask for muriatic acid to clean concrete or mortar (same stuff) and they will say “right over here at $5 a gallon). Dairy farms are also big users of iodine that is not of the povidone variety. Beware, even though you are using these chemicals for a non nefarious use, you will be judged by your governments worst expectations of your intent when trying to buy.
I have raised livestock (critters you can eat) most of my life, near 50 years. When I decided to do some iodine tests in refining, I naturally went to the feed store for iodine (it was always there). It is the same place I bought injectable penicillin and other drugs without a prescription for my animals for the last 30 years. Long story short, I had to explain my intended use of the iodine to the state troopers that very shortly arrived on scene due to the use of iodine in illegal drug manufacturing.
The lesson here is that if you are new to refining and cannot adequately explain how you plan to use the chemicals you wish to purchase, you are guilty by default.
Hindsight in my reply, this only reinforces what you hear from all of the moderators that many of the new members complain about. Read, read, and read some more here, so you know what you are doing before you start to implement it in fact. If you deal with these chemicals and processes and are not fluent in your description as to how you are using them, you may well find yourself behind bars for a good chunk of years.
One farmers fertilizer is another man’s Oklahoma City bombing.
Yes, I actually said that out loud! We all need to understand these implications, and do our best to keep new members safe. Beyond that we need to try to walk a fine line in order to not help someone that is only mining for data to do something unethical or downright illegal.
One man’s opinion,
Oz
I have raised livestock (critters you can eat) most of my life, near 50 years. When I decided to do some iodine tests in refining, I naturally went to the feed store for iodine (it was always there). It is the same place I bought injectable penicillin and other drugs without a prescription for my animals for the last 30 years. Long story short, I had to explain my intended use of the iodine to the state troopers that very shortly arrived on scene due to the use of iodine in illegal drug manufacturing.
The lesson here is that if you are new to refining and cannot adequately explain how you plan to use the chemicals you wish to purchase, you are guilty by default.
Hindsight in my reply, this only reinforces what you hear from all of the moderators that many of the new members complain about. Read, read, and read some more here, so you know what you are doing before you start to implement it in fact. If you deal with these chemicals and processes and are not fluent in your description as to how you are using them, you may well find yourself behind bars for a good chunk of years.
One farmers fertilizer is another man’s Oklahoma City bombing.
Yes, I actually said that out loud! We all need to understand these implications, and do our best to keep new members safe. Beyond that we need to try to walk a fine line in order to not help someone that is only mining for data to do something unethical or downright illegal.
One man’s opinion,
Oz
I cannot say if refining is worth it for you, we each must make that decision for ourselves, yes it is an uphill battle, but that challenge can also add spice to life, I would not like a life that was just rolling downhill till the end. for me the education is more valuable than some heavy yellow metal, but that metal is worth all the trouble for sure, electronic scrap unless you have a good free source for a whole lot of it is probably not worth it, but you will get an education and learn the process, if you do have a steady supply of E scrap then yes there is money in it, but cutting firewood will also pay the bills, you have to make your own decision.
Nitric is one of the many challenges, most of the time I make my own, for most things, sometimes take a drive to Sandy Oregon, Action Mining (south east of Portland.
The mining shop here in Grants Pass sells small bottles but they want both legs and my wallet.
Nitric is one of the many challenges, most of the time I make my own, for most things, sometimes take a drive to Sandy Oregon, Action Mining (south east of Portland.
The mining shop here in Grants Pass sells small bottles but they want both legs and my wallet.
